Jim here, sitting in for Jeff Chen who is washing down his Rhode Island CLAM CAKE with a DRAFT BREW.
Not knowing either ZAZIE BEETZ or Ċ½eljko IVANEK made this puzzle challenging for me. But now I know. Two extraordinary actors.
Crossword clues always allow a certain flexibility. "Flexible musical tempos" will consternate purists who insist that "tempos" should be "tempi." It's Italian, after all. But that allows the answer RUBATOS to be similarly non-snooty. I mean, it's the common way many musicians speak.
On the other hand, ask any singer what "Voi, che sapete" is, and they'll tell you it's an ARIA from Marriage of Figaro. Is it really an ARIETTA (a small aria)? Well, technically. Maybe. I suppose. This precision is the opposite of RUBATOS fuzziness. All's fair on Saturday. You may already know this tune, even if you don't recognize the name. If not, Cecilia Bartoli is the perfect singer to introduce you.
Constructor Kevin G. Der knows more about both music and the world than I do, but it was fun to remember that the Plain of Jars is in LAOS, and learn that Nollywood is Nigerian. 2,500 films a year! Lagos isn't the capital, but it's the largest city in that country.
What is the "Business of the Dutch East India Company"? I know this one! It's got to be something about spices or coffee or sugarcane. Oh, it's SEA TRADE. Generic, but ok. It's Saturday.
HIZZONER? Huh? From Political Dictionary: "William Safire has said that the term was first popularized during the mayoralty of Fiorello LaGuardia; LaGuardia, as Safire says, was definitely not a formal figure, so a nickname which played with his office's formal title sat well with him."
Oh, here's one I know for sure. Holden Caulfield's brother is, uh, D.B. something, right? Not right. He had another brother ALLIE who died before the story even started. Did I mention it's Saturday?
PS for Pool Side: Stripes and SOLIDS are the two sides in the game of pool.
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See this page for notes from Will Shortz on how he edited the clues in a previous Kevin Der puzzle.
Sun 12/25/2016 MARRIED COUPLES
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Terrific puzzle. One of my favorites this year.
Sun 5/29/2016 BEST PICTURE ADAPTATIONS
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The print edition of the NYT ran a different puzzle on this day. This is the one that was distributed electronically and was also supposed to be in the paper.
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I've highlighted the "reflection" squares. They spell out SHIP OF DREAMS. This titanic puzzle stretches several conventions. It's the first Shortz-era grid with up-down mirror symmetry. It is by far the widest. It's even bigger than Kevin's previous huge rectangle. It's not a size record, though, falling nearly 100 squares short of the seven 25x25 Millennium puzzles from 1999. (Here's one.)
I claim this is the world's first cubist crossword. There's the profile view of the ship and its reflection you have to draw yourself and, just maybe, if you squint at the arrangement of black squares, a top view of a ship sailing west. Do you see it? Also, GRID IRON is a great title for a puzzle that looks like a football field but isn't. The constructor tells the story of how he made this puzzle here on Quora.
Thu 2/9/2012
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In this Quora answer, Kevin Der explains how today's tribute puzzle was put together within hours of the announcement of the death of Steve Jobs.
Sun 3/27/2011 GET READY TO ROLL
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In this bowling theme, a ball spins down the alley, avoiding the gutters, in an attempt to knock out the remaining pins split two per side.
Sun 1/30/2011 CIRCLE OF LIFE
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E
S
J
A
V
A
O
D
O
N
G
A
S
I
S
A
O
S
T
Y
E
E
V
A
S
W
O
R
D
I
N
T
H
E
S
T
O
N
E
A
R
I
C
A
L
Q
U
E
S
T
F
O
R
C
A
M
E
L
O
T
B
I
Z
T
H
O
I
P
S
O
F
R
I
A
R
M
E
R
C
L
E
E
S
O
N
N
S
A
Y
E
A
N
S
R
A
H
E
S
S
The original NYT Across Lite file inadvertently had a circle in each rebus square. The print version was correctly SIR-cle-less.